the Kinsi 968,038 pound* of tobacco and had paid out a total of $20,353,701.54 at »n average of $59.92 per hundred pounds. For the entire 1962 selling season which ended on October 30th Dk Kinston market sold 55,805,410 pounds of tobacco and paid out $32,413,662.38 for a seasonal average of $58.08. That particular part of the to t U grown in the Kinston had a much more fav weatherwise than it has in several years and this had both for a greater vol ume and for higher prices grade for grade than in ’62. One other factor that has played an important part in boosting the price levels on the Kinston market has-been a vastly improved picture insofar ' as cultivation practices are concerned. For a decade tobacco specialists have been pleading with flue-cured tobacco growers, begging them to let the tobacco ripen in the field. This year the Kinston growing’ area had an extremely cold spring and early summer which set the crop t two and in some in three weeks. cold spring was a blessing in because a very large part of the local crop was still in the field when the Georgia-Florida markets opened and it was soon made apparent that the buying companies were not going to buy the slick, flavorless tobacco that re sults from pulling if to early and from lack of full maturity of the leaf. Atop this the government had lowered sharply the support prices for slick, white tobacco. The sharp drop in prices in the Georgia-Florida markets converted the tobacco farmers who for so many years had ignored the ser mons preached to them by the to bacco specialists. More tobacco ripened on the stalk in East Carolina this year than has ripened on the stalk in 20 years. This stretched the curing season into mid-September, near ly a month longer than the curing season generally last in the Kins ton trade area. But the combined delays of a cold spring and the sudden decision to ripen tobacco in the field were another blessing in disguise, because by the time this crop began to move to the market in any great volume it was much more than apparent that the dry weather in the northwestrn part of the Eastern Belt and over practically all of the Middle Belt was going to cut short the esti mates of the total ’63 flue-cured tobacco crop. v 1 This immediately had a strength ening effect on the Eastern Belt in general and on the Kinston market in particular. This has permitted the Kinston market to stay in front during the entire '63 selling Season in total pounds sold, total dollars paid out and in overall average. Some Kinston tobacconists are even optimistic enough to believe Kinston will move back into the No. 2 spot in total saless thjyL it held for several years. None is optimistic enough to be lieve that even with all these fa vorable things working for Kinston that it will have a chance of mov ing ahead of Wilson, which has been the nation’s No. 1 tobacco market for many, many years. '•#; W VOLUME XV Action to Recover Wilcox Farm Dismissed; Appeal Is Filed to Supreme Court Tuesday afternoon Superior Court Judge Henry Stevens granted a demurrer filed by defendants in a civil suit who sought to have an action dismissed that had been brought by nine of the 'll daughters of*-the late Mr .and Mrs. Steven Wilcox against the other two daughters and their husbands. Notice of appeal from Judge Stevens’ decision was given by at torneys representing the nine plain tiffs and their husbands. .Tie- farm of «be Wfte«Ws -Bow belongs to Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Fordham and Mr. and Mrs. Matt hew Moore. The nine sisters bringing the ac tion claim that the 394.34-acre farm was held in trust for them,; rather than belonging in fee simple to their other sisters and their hus bands. In court Tuesday the defense tendered warranty deeds to the tract of land which did -not include any conditions of transfer. The plaintiffs claimed that their parents had deeded the tend to the Fordhams upon the condition that the land would be divided' among all 12 of the Wilcox children at their death. In addition to asking lor return of the land they also asked $3,000 per year rental from the Fordhams since 1951 when Fqrdhsun jB* snout ed guardian to Wilcox. .. .. • , Wise Fork Community 'W; 'j Building __—_—WiOO-ll-JSO Foy Methodist Church 11:4S-12tl5 Wayne Haskins Service Station-1:30- 2:3t Jarman’s, Store —{— 2:35-3:15 Leslie. White’s Store ~ 3 JO- 4:10 Swine Vote Tuesday All person who are in the basi nets of growing hogs for market are urged to fully inform them selves and to take time to vote in the swine referendum that is be ing held in every part of North Carolina next Tuesday, October 1st. The basic idea is to apply money directly from the grower as with Tobacco Associates and Nic kels for No How, but in order' to [ collect tfcO flVe " cents ' per ' biid dn hogs that sell for $10 or more ft is neceeary for at least two-thirds of all bog growers to vote in favor of the program. Everyone who shares in the proceeds of hogs sold for slaughter is eligible to vote. LalRoque, Wallace Get 50-year Pins From St. John Lodge Wednesday night in a special open meeting of St. John Masonic Lodge No. 4 two Master Masons of Kins ton were honored in receiving 50 year pins, signifying their ■ mem bership in the order for a half cen tury. \ , The honored pair, Frank LaRoque and Fitzhugh Wallace, received | their pins from Former Mayor Guy Guy Elliott after Gordon Street Christian^ Church .Pastor Douglas ;.Beff had soken pn their service. -;.i A .social hour was held at Fair field Recreation 'Center • afterVjlie awards program’eridid The meet ing’ was held in Richard Caswell Lodge Hall on Greenbriar Road. Barra* Low Bidder on Highway Resurfacing Among 15 road projects approved Ttjesday by the State , Highway Commission were two resurfacing jobs in this area upon which Bar fus Construction Company of Kins ton was low bidder. Resurfacing of 18.4 miles in Pitt and Beaufort counties'went to the Kinston firm at the low of $78,016. Resurfacing of 29.5 miles in Len oir, Greene and Jones Counties also went to Barms at the low bid. ot' $125,666. The only other East Carolina projects were resurfacing of 24,63 in Pamlico, Craven and . Jones Whisky Store Looted Last Week Last Thursday night thieves Chis eled a hole in the rear of the Wyse Forks Store of the Jones ABC sys tem and hauled away a goodly load of whisky. The loot included 283 pints, 12 fifths and 11 tenths of assorted brands of whisky. And old model car with an out of-state license plate was seen speeding away from the scene by a person in the neighborhood, and this is' the only clue the sheriffs department has to work with in trying to solve the robbery. For Jones Countiam A mobile x-ray unit will be in Jones County next week. A free chest x-ray will be available to all persons IS years of age and older. The trailer is open from 10 until 4 each day according to the follow ing schedule: September 28, October 1-2, Com fort ; October 3, 4, and 5, Trenton; October 8 and 9, Pollocksville; and October 10, 11, and 12, Maysville. The Jones County Tuberculosis Association in cooperation with the State Board of Health has made this possible. Rural Development Meet In Trenton Wednesday r'.‘ A Rural Area Development meet ing was held at Trenton in Jones County Wednesday. Charlie Davis, Neuse Area Development Vice President of Agriculture presided over the meeting which was attend ed l